Kevon Tyshawn Ailes, 25, was shot multiple times at Walton Street Park in Asheville’s Southside community on the evening of June 23, 2020. Officers arrived around 9:02 p.m.; Ailes was taken to Mission Hospital and died of his wounds. Two other people with non-life-threatening gunshot injuries also arrived at Mission Hospital that night — one was treated and released, the other remained hospitalized.

Family remembered Ailes, known as Man Man, for his big smile and sense of humor; he was the father of a young son, Cole Marlee King. His father, John-Paul Nelson, and his mother, Demetria Ailes, spoke about the family’s grief and noted Kevon had returned from time in jail and was trying to be a good father. Detectives identified and interviewed several persons of interest and were following leads, including whether the killing was connected to a shooting at the same park the night before.

Anyone with information about the shootings of June 22 or June 23, 2020, in the Southside Walton Street Park area is asked to contact the Asheville Police Department or Asheville-Buncombe Crime Stoppers.